Dinner: It was still moving when they brought it out.

Katie and I had a very interesting dinner this evening! We went over to a steak house at Taipei 101 that had been recommended. It was teppanyaki style without the "onion volcano" and other antics.

The set menu for dinner appeared to be huge but we through caution to the wind. The first course started with small appetizers: cucumber slice with salmon eggs, cherry tomato with caviar and a salmon slice stuffed with what appeared to be crab and some other things.

Then we moved on to a corn soup that was really good followed by some perfectly cooked scallops and cod. Then it got a little interesting...

We watched as the next course was brought out with prawns and then a lobster sliced down the middle, legs still moving! We were wondering who ordered it, turned out it was somehow part of our meal. We got a few ohs and ahhs from the American businessmen who were sitting at our table.

I had never had full-blown lobster tail before. It was prepared with melted cheese, which was a little interesting, but still was awesome and tasted super fresh (as good as I can tell anyway).

We hadn't even got to our main course yet and we were wondering how we were going to finish what we had. The waiter brings out these interesting salads, which were basically fruit on a bed of iceberg lettuce with either orange or blueberry yogurt for dressing. We were a little puzzled by the choice and timing, but after trying it we realized it was very palette cleansing and helped with digestion. I actually felt less full after eating it.

On to the main course! I had chicken with grilled bacon and Katie had the steak. The chef brought out a mound of garlic that was seriously six inches high and proceeded to cook it up while mixing in all the other flavors. YUM!

We were working on that when suddenly he dumps some onions on the grill and quickly cooks them and adds it to the pile. Almost comatose, I'm wondering how we are going to be able to walk back to the hotel when we see desert roll in...

It was a cake with candied pistachios mixed in. Just a small piece but that was plenty! We finished off the evening with a cup of tea and called it.

I think we might have been taken a little with the lobster upgrade, but it proved to be a great experience we won't forget anytime soon. I just hope that is the last time my food is still moving when they bring it to me!